[5][6] BSEB formally started functioning as 5 companies on 1 November 2012, namely: The installed electricity generation capacity in Bihar was 6384.88 MW as of April 2020.

There are newer projects under construction which will take total electricity generation capacity in Bihar to more than 12000 MW.

In March 2013, Central Government assured to provide coal linkage to Barauni Thermal Power Plant.

Larsen & Toubro Limited holds the contract for the construction, at an estimated cost of ₹7,490 crores.

The current installed capacity of this power plant is 2340 MW and it is located in Kahalgaon, Bhagalpur, Bihar.

[20][21][22] BHEL won a ₹ 2,854-crore contract for supply of the steam generator package for three coal-fired thermal units of 660 MW each with supercritical parameters.

Ltd for designing, engineering, manufacturing, supplying, erecting, testing and commissioning of a coal handling plant for a 3 x 660MW coal-based super thermal power project coming up at Nabinagar.

In March 2013, Alstom was awarded a contract worth approximately $115 million by BHEL, to supply components for three units of 660 MW supercritical boilers of NPGCL.

[citation needed] Karbigahia Thermal Power Station will be developed as the first-ever 'energy park' in Bihar.

[38] In September 2012, 43 projects of rural electrification have been sanctioned for Bihar under Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidyutikaran Yojana.